Apparatus for the automatic projection of photographic transparencies and the like



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APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATIC PROJECTION 0F PHOTOGRAPHIC TRANSPARENCIES AND THE LIKE Original Filed Aug. 3, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1944- P. s. WARRINER 2,353,820 APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATIC PROJECTION 0F PHOTOGRAPHIC TRANSPARENCIES AND THE LIKE Original Filed Aug. 3, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 TOR 4 Patented Nov. 28, 1944 UNITED STATES. PATENT; OFF-,ICE

t W 2,363,820 K a AP'PARATUS FOR/THE AUTOMATIC PRO-I JECTION or PHOTOGRAPHIC "TRANS- PAnEncms AND THE LIKE y Percy Stuart Warriner, Doncaster, England,

Originaltapplication August 3, 1940, Serial No. 350,968. Divided and this application June 18,

1941, Serial No. 398,664. In Great Britain June H 12 Claims.

This invention relates to automatic power driven continuously operable projectors for the production of photographic transparencies and the like, hereinafter referred to as slides, This application is a division of my application Serial No. 350,968 filedCAugust 3. 1940.

According to the invention, such a projector comprises in combination, a slide magazine to contain a supply of slides to be shown ;'a projec tion apertureya mechanism operative to eject the slides fromrthe magazine one by one and to tionand the driving member is in said position of disengagement from the driven member.

According to a convenient and preferred form of the invention, the intermittent-drive operative connection between the motor and the ejecting mechanism includes two members in driving relationship .to one another, the driving member place them in showing position over the projec- ,tionaperture; amotor for driving the ejecting mechanismya manual means for operating the ejecting mechanism; and an operativeconnection between the motor on the one hand and the manual means on the"other and the ejecting mechanism, of a kind to permit the manual means to be operatedwhen the motor is at rest, without disconnectionrof the motor and without transmissionofltorque thereto. i

In this way a construction is provided which while being exceedingly simple and efiicient is i at the same time advantageous in that it is capable of operationeither by hand or by means of the motor, for example in the event of the current supply to the motor (assuming the latter is an electric motonas it usuallywill be) failing or for some other reason it should'become impossible or undesirable to use the motor.

More particularly, the invention comprises in a projector as above set forth the combination of a slidemagazine to contain a supply of slides to be shown; a projection aperture; a mechanism operative to eject the slides from the magazine, one by one and toplace them in showing position over the, projection aperture; a continuously runningmotor for driving the ejecting mechanism; an intermittent-drive operative connectionbetween the motor and the ejecting mechanism, which includes two members in driving relationship to one another, the driving member of which, although continuously movable with the motor, isin engagement with the driven member for only a portion or the total path of L movementof thedri-ving member per combined l period of slide-showing and slide-change, the

driven member being free for movement with;

the ejecting mechanism independently l of the driving member when the motor is not inoperation and the driving member is at a position in its path of movement of disengagement from the driven member; anda manual means for operating the drivenmember'and therewith the ejecting mechanism-when themotor is not in operaof which comprises a pair of oppositely acting rotary cams which have a common axis of rotation and revolve continuously and i as one so long as the motor isoperating and the driven member comprises a co-operating pair of arms which are oscillatable together and as one about a common axis of rotation andare respectively and insuccession engaged by the cams, the arrangement being such that during a portion of each complete revolution of the cams the latter are in positive driving engagement with the arms first in a direction to move them through one of their strokes of reciprocation and then in the opposite direction and during theremainder of said revolution the cams moveclear ofthe path of the arms, and the arrangement further in practice a highly satisfactoryform oi mechanism for the general purposes of theinvention. In this regard, it may be remarked that by providing for positive driving engagement in both directions as between the driving and driven members of the operative connection, certainty of action is ensured of the slide ejector mechani'sm,"w hich certainty of action is not easy or always possibletoobtain with the use of a oneway positive drive operating against a spring to effect the return stroke of the mechanism. This is more especially the case when as in the particular embodiment ofthe invention hereinafter described, the slides descend the magazine by gravity and leave it by way of an exit passage at the bottom of the magazine, as in that case the whole weight of the pile of slides in themaga- .zine is resting on the pusher plate or equivalent part of, the ejector mechanism during the return stroke thereof and in consequence considerable resistance is presented to its movement in said i return stroke, which resistance, moreover, will vary with the number of slides in the pile, which i i again may vary considerably in the actual use of the apparatus.

Moreover, with the use of aconstruction such as that referred to, there is the further advantage thatv it provides in a very simple way for a high ratio of slide-showing period to slide-change period to be catered form the design of the machine, since, again as in the particular em; bodiment of the invention hereinafter described,

the pusher plate (or equivalent part) can be engaged) rotation of the cams relatively to a According to a further feature of the invention, the desired high ratio of slide-showing the wall 2 where this extends beyond the plane of th wall 4 and a part of the wall I. Adjacent the compartment 6 is a vertical slide magazine 9 bounded by the part of the wall 2 which bounds the compartment 6, a wall It) opposite said part of the wall 2 and two walls I I, I2 atright angles thereto. forming the fioor of the magazine 9 is a horizontal wall I 3 which extends from the wall I to theupper edge of an inclined wall I4 forming with a horizontal wall l5 and continuations of the walls 3, 4 beyond the line of the wall, M a reception chamber l6 for the shown slides. In the wall l3 at a position adjacent the magazine 9 and to the right thereof in Figure 1 is a I projection aperture I1.

period to slide-change period may also or further be provided for by arranging that the motor shall run at a higher rate of speed during the slide-change periods than during the slide-showing periods, the motor being provided'for this purpose with a-two-speed control which is automatically operated by a control member driven by the motor in'synchronism with the slide ejecting mechanism.

The invention includes other useful and novel features, as will be apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a part of a slide projection apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention, the section being taken on the section line l-l' of Figure 2;

Figure =2is a horizontal section through the apparatus shown in Figure 1, on the section line 2.--2 of that figure;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical section through the apparatus shown in Figures 1 and 2,'taken on the section line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure '4' is a fragmentary vertical section 2 through the-same apparatus, on the section line 4-4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical section at- Figure '7 is a 'fragmentary vertical section through the apparatus on the section line l--1 of Figure 2, and

Figure Sis a wiring diagram hereinafter more particularly. described. V

Like reference numerals indicate like parts in the various figures. 1 1

Referring to the drawings, the slide projection apparatus there shown comprises a framework generally enclosing the moving parts of the apparatus. This framework includes inter alia a transverse wall I, a second transverse Wall 2 and three longitudinal walls 3, 4, 5.- The walls 2, 3, 4 enclose with a part of the wall I a compartment 6 below which is another compartment 1. Abreast the compartments 6,! is a third-compartment 8 bounded by the walls 4, 5, a part of The slide magazine 9 i arranged to accommodate a pile of slides [8 one upon the other, and with the plane of the slides horizontal. At the bottom of the portion of the wall 2 which bounds the magazine on the left-hand side '(in Figure 1) thereof is a slot l9 extending for the full width of the magazineand constituting an exit passage for the slidestherefrom. At the bottom of the wall 10 is a similar slot 20. The width of these slots [9, 20 in the vertical direction slightly exceeds the thickness of a single slide and the bottom of the slot is flush with the upper surface of the wall [3, which, as above remarked, forms the floor of the magazine. The lowermost slide ofthe pile can, therefore, be pushed through the slot 20 into showing position over the projection aperture I! by a movement in itsown plane, with retention, however, of all of the rest of the slides'above it in the magazine. r

Th means for moving the slides fromthe magazine comprises a horizontal pusher plate 2| which is reciprocable in its own plane, which, as appears from the figures, is parallel to that of the wall I3. The pusher plate 2! is shown in the figures in its withdrawn or rearward position, that is, in the position it occupies immediately prior to the commencement of a for- Ward stroke. Its leading edge is, therefore, just about to enter the slot [9 and the lowermost slide of the pile of slides in the magazine is,

as shown, resting on the floor of the magazine in readiness to be pushed out of the magazine through the slot 20 during the operative or forward stroke of the pusher plate.

-The pusher plate 2| is reciprocated by an oscillating arm 22, with the interposition between each reciprocation and the next of a dwell (slideshowing) period in which it remains stationary. The arm 22 is fast with a horizontal rock shaft 23 with which is also fast a second arm 24 and adjustably fast a third arm 25. On the free end of the arm 24 is a roller 26 formingithe follower of a, cam 21 fast with a second horizontal shaft with the shaft 23} This is for the purpose of effecting a fine adjustment of the angular position of the arm 25 and thereby of the throw of the arm 22. The parts 22, 24; 25,126, 21, 29 and 30 are all positioned as shown, within the compartment 6, the shaft 28- extending, however,

Bounding the compartment 6 and 2,363,820 f not only through this compartment 9 but also through the compartment 8. adjacent thereto.

The shaft 23 also extends not only through the compartment 6 but also through the compart ment' Btoa position beyond the outer wall thereot where there is aifixed to the shaft a handle 3| for manual. operation of the apparatus when required.

The arm 22 has a reduced portion 32 at the free end of the arm and this reduced portion 32 works in a fulcrum slot 33 provided to receive it in the rear end of the pusher plate 2 I. The wall .13, in order to accommodate the said reduced projection aperture I1 through the slot 20, the

slide in course ofejection from the slidemagazine by the forward stroke of the pusher plate 2|, is guided between a 'pair of guide bars 37,

38,affixed to the upperface of the wall l3, the

said guide bars 31, 38 being positioned as shown, abreast the projection aperture and the distance between them, being such that the slide has a free sliding fit to and from showing position over the aperture. These guide bars, together with the wall 13 form what is in effect a track for the slides. I v

In order that the slideshall be held perfectly still when in showing position over the projection aperture, a pair of presser bars39, 48 are provided which are mounted at 4| on a hinge rod 42 to swing in vertical planes about the axis of the hinge rod and so by their weight bear downwardly upon the marginal portions beneath them of the slide in position over the projectionaperture, thereby holding the slidestationary in the show.- ing position. The free end of the presser bars 39, 40, that is,.the end thereof remote from the hinge rod 42 is chamfered on the underside as shown in Figure 1, to facilitate the entrance o the leading edge of the moving slide as this is as between the motor and the pusher plate 21 is such asto give a positive drive to the plate in both directions of reciprocation thereof, with the advantage hereinbefore set forth in respect of this feature. 4 r

Associated with the projection aperture are a pair of hinged flaps 48, 41 which form a shutter to obturate the aperture during the periods of slide change. These flaps are hinged respectively at 48 and 491 During the periods of slide change they occupy' horizontal positions in which they completely close the aperture against the passage of light therethrough. During the intervening slide-showing periods they occupy the vertical positions in which they appear in Figure 1. In order that theys'hall move together theyare interconnected by a connecting. rod 50 pivoted at j5ljtothe flap and at 52 to the flap 41. The flaps 4B, 41 are arranged to operate automatically and in time with the slide ejecting mechanism.

Forthis purpose they are operatively connected to the shaft 28 where this extends, as above described; through the compartment 8. i The operative connection comprises a crank 53 fast with the flap 46 so as to swing therewith about the pivotal axis of the flap, a resilient arm 54 pivoted pushed to the showing position from the bottom of the magazine. The slide inthe .showing'position, isfurther prevented from movement relatively to the projection aperture onceit has been placed thereover, by a laterally disposed presser lever 43 accommodated in arecess 44 provided to receive it in the guide bar 31, the presser lev ,43 being pressed by a spring in the direction .to engage it with the edge of the s1 de in position over the projection aperture, thereby pressi g the slide lightly against the opposing edge of the opposite guide bar 38.

The arrangement is such,- as will be understood from what has been so far described of the apparatus, that at each throw of the arm 22 of the slide ejecting mechanismpa slide is ejected from the showing position over the p ojection a erture 9 out, the operative connection whichis provided at 55 to the wall 4 of the framework of the apparatus, a connecting rod 56 pivotally connected at one end to the crank 53 and at the other end to the arm 54, a cam 51 fast'with the shaft 28 and a projection 58 onthe arm 54, the projection 58 forming a follower member relatively to the cam 51, and the various parts enumerated of the.

operative connection being held in the flap-open positions in which they appear in Figure 3 by a tension spring 59 always urging them to these positions. The arrangement, therefore, is one according to which the spring 5!) maintainsthe flaps in the open position while the flaps are moved to the closed position by the action of the cam 51 coacting with the projection 58 on the arm 54, the cam 51 working, therefore, against the pull of the spring 59. The projection 58 is adjustable in its position in the arm 54 with respect to the path of the cam 51 and the parts are solproportioned that the cam 51 first operates to bring the flaps down to closed position, in which position they abut at their lateral edges the upper surface of the presser bars 39, 4!), and then up0ncontinued rotation bend the resilient arm 54 against the reaction of the presser bars transmitted to it through the flaps and the parts of the operative connection between the flaps and the free end of the arm 54 and so applies through the. flapsand said parts of the operative connection a yielding downward pressure upon the presser bars 39, 40 and through the intermediary of these, upon the slide as it is being pushed into.

position over the projection aperture. In this way, a braking action is applied to the movement of .the slide which ensures that it shall not be oyershot-past the aperture.

(The electric motor which drives the shaft 28 r motor is provided. The parts forming this con trol comprise a cam 60 (Figure 4) fast on the shaft 28. The cam '60 coacts with a projection 6] on. an arm 62 pivoted at 63 to the wall 3. The

rod 65 extending freely through a contact block 66 to asecond contact block 61. above it. The contact block 6! is normally urged in a direction away from the contact block '66 so as to separate a contact 68 on the block BLfrom a co-operating pair of contacts 69, 10 on the block 66, bya spring H and the cam 60 operates as it rotates to draw the block 61 towards the block 66 and thereby close the circuit through the contacts 68, 69, 10, the diagram of Which circuit is shown in Figure 8. The arrangement is such that just before the commencement of a'slide change period, the switch constituted by the contacts 68,

the speed of the motor to a lower value, which continues to the commencement of the next slide-change period, that is, through the ensuing slide-showing period. If desired, an'arrangement can be used according to which the rod 64 (or someequivalent part) operates a centrifugal governor geared to the motor.

Referring now tothe optical part Of'the apparatus, the source of light employed is a vertical projection lamp of standard type. This lamp is enclosed in a lamp housing 16 in front of which is a condenser assembly consisting of two lenses TI, 18 disposed at right angles to one another as shown in Figure 5 and a mirror 19 disposed at 45 to the lenses H, 18. The arrangement is such that the light entering the lens 11 strokes the mirror, 19 and is deflected upwardly thereby through the lens 18 to a projection lens 8li-from which the beam passes to a reversing prism 8| and thence horizontally to the screen 82 on to which the slide is being projectedv The lamp 15 may, as in the arrangement illustrated in Figure 8, be included in acircuit forming an extension of the motor control circuit, said extension including a lamp switch 83 as shown.

The lenses ll, 18 and the mirror 19 are assem bled in a box 84 contiguous to the lamp housing 16 and situated, as shown, immediatelybelow the projection aperture Il. Conveniently, a front wall 85 of this box 84 is removable to give access to the interior of the box and the arrangement is such that when the wall 85 is in position it holds the mirror 78 and the two lenses 11, 18 in position by the" abutment against theback of the mirror of a resilient bearing member 86 affixed to the back ofthe wall 85 and a cooperating resillent bearing member 81 afiixed tothe bottom thrown upwardly through the projection aperture a minimum sizeof lens shall be required in the condenser assembly. Thus, with the parts of the condenser assembly arranged as shown, the distance on the one hand between the collecting lens H and the light source and the distance on the other between the diverging lens l8 and the aperture, are both reduced to a minimum. In addition, the arrangementreferred to lends itself to compactness of design of the optical system as a whole.

In accordance withcthe invention as earlier set forth herein, the apparatus may be operated by hand, for example for purposes of starting up or in the event of the source of power failing, without disconnection of the power means and with- I out the transmission of any torque to the motor which normally operates the apparatus, Thus, by oscillating the handle 3|, that is to say, with the rock shaft 28 turned to a position in which the cams 21, 29 thereon are clear of the path of the arms 24, on the shaft 23, the slide ejecting mechanism is actuated, while to operate the shutter flaps by hand a hand lever 88 (Figure 3)v is provided which is pivoted at 89 to the wall 4 and is situated in the compartment 8. This lever is formed with a finger 90 which when the lever is depressed bears on the arm -54 and lifts it to close the shutter flaps in the manner above described.

In order'to limit the movement of the handl 3|, adjustable stop means are provided, comprising a lever 9| (Figures 2 and 4) fast on the shaft It will be appreciated that excessive pressure of the shutter flaps on the presser bars-39, 40 such as might cause jamming due to the additional load on the cam 51 is prevented by the resilient nature of the arm 54, while the pressure of the shutter flaps on the bars is adjustable to a nicety by adjustment of the screw 58.

The relative angular positions of the cams 29 and 51 on the shaft 28 are such that the shutter flaps close immediately prior to the pusher plate 2| commencing its operative stroke and the form of the cams is such that the shutter flaps open again immediately upon termination of this stroke of the pusher plate.

The invention is capable of considerable variation in respect of constructional details such,

' for example, as the form of the slide ejecting and shutter operating mechanisms and of the operative connection that is provided as between these mechanisms and the motor on the one hand and the manual operatin means on the other; all such variations are to be understood to be within the scope, of the invention as delineated in the following statement of claim.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

-. driving member continuouslydriven by the mo tor and performingone cycle of operative movement per slide change in'the operation of the projector and a driven member onlyintermittently driven by the driving member, being engaged thereby with consequent'performance of an operative movement during a portion only of each cycle of operative movement of the driving member and remaining stationary during the remaining portion of said cycle, thesaid driven member being operatively connected'to the slide ejecting mechanism so as when operated to operate the mechanism and having freedom for movement with consequent operation of the mechanism when the driving member is out of 1 engagement with it; and a .manual operating means for the :slide ejecting mechanism, coml prising an operating member connected to the aforesaid driven member otherwise than through and the manual means for operatingthe shutter the aforesaid driving member, an arrangement being thereby provided in which the ejecting mechanism is operable by hand when required without disconnection of the motor.

1 2. An automatic power driven continuously operable slide projector as specified in claim 1,

wherein the motor is arranged to run at a higher rate of speed during the slide-change periods than during the slide-showing periods, being provided for this purpose with a two-speed control which is automatically operated by a control member driven by the motor in synchronism with the slide ejecting mechanism.

3. A slide projector as specified in claim 1,

v wherein the slide magazineis vertically disposed,

the slides when inposition therein being accommodated in a pile with their planes horizontal; theslide that is ejected from the magazine at each operation of the ejecting mechanism is the lowermost slide of the pile; the ejecting mecha-. nism includes a pusher member that reciprocates once at each operation of the mechanism and in doing so, pushes the said lowermost slide out of the magazine, the pusher. member,reciprocating thus against the weight upon it of the pile of slides above the said lowermost slide; and the wherein the motor is operatively connected to l the slide ejecting mechanism through the inter--, mediary ofra transmission shaft and a two-speed control device automatically operative under the control of the motor and in synchronism with the movements of the ejecting mechanism is pro- 1 vided to effect a speeding up of the transmission shaft during the periods of slide changing as compared with the speed of the shaft during the slide showing periods.

5. An automatic power driven continuously operable slide projector comprising, in combination, a slide magazine. to contain a supply of slides to be shown; a projection aperture; amechanism operative to eject the slides from the magazine one by one and to place them in showing position over the projection aperture; shutter means automatically operative in time with the ejecting mechanism to close the projection aperture during the periods of slide-change; a motor for driving the ejectingmechanism and the shutter means; a manual means for operating the ejecting mechanism; a manual means for operating the shutter means; and an operative connection between the motor on the one hand and thetwo manual means on the other and the ejecting mechanism and the shutter means, of a kind to permit the two manual means to be operated when the motor is at rest, without disconnection of the motor and without transmission of torque thereto.

6. A slide projector as specified in claim 5, wherein the operative connection as between the motor and the shutter means includes a cam driven by the motor and an associatedcam follower foperatively connected to the shutter means means are connected to the cam follower, the arrangement being suchthereby that by manipulation of the said manual means the cam follower can be moved in a sense to' operate the shutter means when the motor and therefore the cam is at rest and without transmission of torque to the motor through the cam.

7.. An automatic power-driven continuously operable slide projector comprising a slide magazine; a projection aperture; a slide ejecting mechanism operative to eject the slides from the ,magazineone by one and to place them in showing position over the projection apertures; a

continuouslyrunning motor for driving theslide ejecting mechanism; an operative connection betweenthemotor and the slide ejecting mechanism, whichfoperative connection includes a rotatable driving member continuously driven by the motor and an oscillatable driven member only intermittently driven by the driving member, being engaged thereby with consequent per formance of an oscillation during a portion only of each revolution of the member and remaining stationary during the remaining portion of the revolution, the said driven member being operatively connected to the slide-ejecting mechanism so as when oscillated to operate the mechanism and having freedom for movement with consequent operation of the mechanism when the driving member is out of engagement with it;

and a manual operating means .forlthe slideejecting mechanism, comprising an operating 1 member connected to the aforesaid driven member otherwise thanthrough the aforesaid driving member, an arrangement being thereby provided in which the ejecting mechanism is operable by handwhen required without disconnection of the the driven member of said operative connection consists of a co-operating pair of rocker arms which are oscillatable as one about a common axis of oscillation and are respectively and in succession engaged by the cams with consequent movement to and fro under positive thrust from the cams in both directions.

9. A slide projector as specified in claim 7, wherein the slide magazine is vertically disposed, the slides when in position therein being accommodated in a pile with their planes horizontal; the slide that is ejected from the magazine at each operation of the ejecting mechanism is the lowermost slide in the pile; the ejector mechanism includes a pusher member that reciprocates once at each operation of the mechanism and in doing so pushes the said lowermost slide out of the magazine, the pusher member reciprocating thus against the weight upon it of the pile of slides above the said lowermost slide; the driving member of the operative connectionbetween the motor and the ejecting mechanism consists of a pair of oppositely acting rotary cams having a common axis of rotation and rotatable thereabout as one; the driven member of said opera-.

tive Connection consists of a co-operating pair of rocker arms which are oscillatable as one about a common axis of oscillation and are respectively and in succession engaged by the cams with consequent movement to and fro under positive thrust from the cams in both directions; and the driven member on the one hand and the driving member on the other are connected, the one to the motor and the other to the pusher plate, through driving connections which are sumciently positive (non-elastic) to be non-yielding to the pressure of the pile of slides on the pusher member as this reciprocates.

10. A slide projector as specified in claim '7,

thus against the weight upon it of the pile o-- slides above the said lowermost slide; the driving member of the operative connection between the motor and the ejecting mechanism consists of a pair 'of oppositely acting rotary cams having a common axis of rotation and rotatable there-- about as one; the driven member of said operative connection consists of a co-operating pair of rocker arms which are oscillatable as one about accommodated in a pile with their planes horiz'ontal; the slide that is ejected from the maga zine ateach operation of the ejecting mechanism is the lowermost slide of the pile; the ejector mechanism comprises a pusher member that reciprocates once at each operation of the mechanism and in doing so pushes the said lowermost slide out of the magazine, the pusher member reciprocating thus against the weight upon it of the pile of slides above saidlowermost slide; and an arm carried on a rock shaft that is oscillatable with the arm and at the free end engages the pusher member for movement thereof in both directions of movement of the arm; the driving member of the operative connection between the motor and the ejecting mechanism consists of a pair of oppositely actin rotary cams having a common axis of rotation and rotatable there about as one; the driven member of said operative-connection consists of a co-operating pair of rocker arms which are carried upon the rock shaft, fast therewith, and are respectively and in succession engaged by the cams with consequent movement to and fro under positive thrust from the cams in both directions; the cams are coni nected to the motor through a driving conneca common axis of oscillation and are respectively and in succession engaged by the cams with con sequent movement to and fro under positive thrust from the cams in both directions; and the driven member on the one hand and the driving member on the other are connected, the one to the motor and the other to the pusher plate;

posed, the slides when in position therein being tion which is sufiiciently positive (non-elastic) to be non-yielding to the pressure of thepile of slides on the pusher plate as this reciprocates: and the operating member of the manual operating means is similarly connected to the rock are oscillatable as one about a common axis of oscillation-and are respectively and in succession engaged by the cams with consequent movement to and fro under positive thrust from the cams in both directions, and means are provided for efiecting a fine adjustment of the relative angular position of the arms P. s. ARRINER. 

